Examples of outsmart in a Sentence
The government must gather large amounts of information in order to outsmart its enemies.
an inexpensive security system that would likely be outsmarted by anyone with a serious interest in circumventing it
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The world's deadliest animal could be outsmarting us.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 June 2026
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Sunday outsmarted Adam and Hannah with a ruse at Tribal Council.
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may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Seth Rollins outsmarts Bron Breakker The rivalry between Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker has not slowed down one bit.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
Sunday outsmarted Adam and Hannah with a ruse at Tribal Council.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
The goal isn’t to outsmart wildfire season.
—Ryan Brennan
may 19, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
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“Outsmart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outsmart. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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outsmart
verb
out·smart
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈsmärt 
: outwit
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